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Job 24:4-8

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

4. They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5. Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children. 6. They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. 7. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold. 8. They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

Job 24:4-8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 24:4

Theological / Devotional

Out of the way. The wicked force poor men to turn out of the road when they are using it and to wait until they have passed. Or, the statement may mean that the wicked make the highways so dangerous with their violence that they compel the poor and needy to seek byways for safety. For protection, these poor huddle together in whatever place of refuge they can find (see ch. 30:6).

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